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included here. In both sections, opinions on the incidents that are
regarded as particularly serious are recorded and evaluated. The sixth
section deals with the work by the MAC and the NNSC. Data on
armistice violations are also recorded in the analysis of the NNSC’s
work, although in more general terms than in sections 3.3-3.5. Some
controversial issues that were raised within the NNSC are also investigated.
Since North Korea’s seizure in January 1968 of the USS Pueblo
is an armistice violation that has since received considerable attention,
the seventh section is devoted to this issue but begins by investigating
the January 1968 North Korean commando Blue House raid to assassinate
President Park Chung Hee (1963-1979). The account mainly
analyzes how these events were handled in the MAC and, in the
Pueblo case, through US-North Korea talks. Since the Pueblo incident
is one of the most investigated armistice violations, the account
focuses on its main characteristics but gives more attention to the role
of the NNSC during the crisis than normally. The impact on US-North
Korea, US-South Korea and inter-Korean relations is included in the
analysis. Explanations of the Pueblo incident are presented and
evaluated.
3.2 Rearmaments and Withdrawal of American Troops
raised in the MAC
According to the South Korean scholar Kim Bo-Young (2003),
the most serious violation of the Armistice Agreement during the
1960s was that of Paragraph 13(c) and (d): both personnel and weapons
were brought in. In the author’s opinion, such a situation reflects
Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula during the 1960s
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